• Levitra (Levitra Network on Language Policy of AILA)

• Levitra

• Athinkra

• CIPACO (Centre sur les politiques internationales des TIC Afrique du Centre et de l'Ouest)

• Panos-AO (Institut PANOS Afrique de l'Ouest)

• WOUGNET (Women of Uganda Network)

• Aspiration

• Hivos (Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking - Netherlands)

• InWEnt (Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH - Germany)

• O'Reilly
• OSI (Open Society Initiative)

• Bridges.org

• CIPESA (Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa)

• ANLoc (African Network for Localisation)

• Language Weaver

Organisations, agencies, institutions and companies that are in some ways involved in work in, or promotion of localisation of software and/or content in more than one country. Also research on human language technology and advanced applications involving African languages.

(:cell:) Language Weaver, Progiciels BPI, TILP

• Maaya

• WLDC (World Language Documentation Centre)

(:cell:) Rosetta Project, Maaya, SIL

(:cell:) IANA, ICANN, IEC, IETF, LTRU, MINC, OASIS, W3C, WLDC

• CATIA (Catalysing Access to Technology in Africa)

(:cell:) ADEA, AED, APC, CATIA, EDC, Geekcorps, Global Voices, IICD, ISOC, Kabissa, NSRC, OKN, OLPC, GISW

• Linguapax Afrika

(:cell:) BASAL, CASAS, Linguapax Afrika

• Linguapax Africa

• Linguapax

(:cell:) BASAL, CASAS, Linguapax Africa

(:cell:) CLPP, FUNREDES, ISC, Linguapax, PAN L10n

• AITI-KACE (Advanced Information Technology Institute / Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence)

(:cell:) AISI, AITI-KACE, ITCA

• SEI (Script Encoding Initiative)

(:cell:) GILC, LRC, SEI

• Intel

• MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

(:cell:) AILA, Berkman Center, LPREN, MIT, Turing Center (:cell:) Canonical, IBM, Intel, MultiLingual Computing, Inc., Nokia, Sun Microsystems

• ISC (Internet Systems Consortium)

• ISC (Internet Systems Consortium)

(:cell:) CLPP, FUNREDES, ISC, PAN L10n

• Global Voices

(:cell:) ADEA, AED, APC, EDC, Geekcorps, Global Voices, IICD, ISOC, Kabissa, NSRC, OKN, OLPC, GISW (:cell:)

(:cell:) AILA, Berkman Center, LPREN, Turing Center

• Berkman Center
• Bisharat

(:cell:) AfLaT, Bisharat, Ge'ez Frontier Foundation, IT+46, LLSTI, OLPC, SIL, Tactictal Tech, WordForge

(:cell:) Berkman Center

• FSF (Free Software Foundation)

• OFSET (Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching)

(:cell:) FSF, OFSET

• AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée / International Association of Applied Linguistics)

(:cell:) CLPP, FUNREDES, PAN L10n (:cell:) AILA, LPREN, Turing Center

• CLPP (Consortium for Language Policy and Planning)

• LPREN (Research Network on Language Policy of AILA)

(:cell:) CLPP, FUNREDES, LPREN, PAN L10n

(:cell:) AAUL, EACOSS, FOSSFA

• FOSSFA (Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa)

• Connect Africa Summit, Kigali, Rwanda, 2007/10/29-30 (organized by ITU) http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/connect/africa/2007/index.html

• Idlelo 3, Dakar, Senegal, 2008/3/16-20
  • http://floss.meraka.org.za/ocs/index.php/idlelo3/
  • http://www.un-gaid.org/en/node/803
  • http://www.fossfa.net/fossfa/Members/nne75/idlelo-3-executive-committee/

• World Summit on the Information Society / Sommet Mondial sur la Société d'Information (WSIS/SMSI) 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland; 2005 in Tunis, Tunisia

• LDC (Linguistic Data Consortium)

(:cell:) ALTA, Language Observatory, LDC

• NSRC (Network Startup Resource Center)

(:cell:) ADEA, AED, APC, EDC, Geekcorps, IICD, ISOC, Kabissa, NSRC, OKN, OLPC, GISW

• AfriNIC (African Network Information Centre)
• AfrISPA (Association of African Internet Service Provider Associations)
• AFTLD (African Top Level Domains Organization)

(:cell:) ACSIS, AfNOG, AfriNIC, AfrISPA, AFTLD, ALIN-EA, OSISA, OSIWA, SANGONeT, SchoolNet Africa

(:cell:) FUNREDES, PAN L10n

• PAN L10n (Pan Asia Networking [PAN] Localisation)

• ALTA (African Language Teachers Association)
• Altran

(:cell:) Altran, Cisco Systems

• Turing Center

(:cell:) Turing Center

• Turing Center

• NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development)

• ITCA (Information Technology Centre for Africa)

(:cell:) AISI, ITCA

(:cell:) African Union, EAC, ECOWAS/CEDEAO, NEPAD, SADC, UNECA

• ICT Africa 2007 -(2nd NEPAD Council ICT Africa conference) http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org/

• NEPAD (New Economic Partnership for African Development)

• JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency)

(:cell:) JST (:cell:) FUNREDES

• Language Observatory

(:cell:) ALTA, Language Observatory

(:cell:) IDRC, Sida

• Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency )

• SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency )

(:cell:) IDRC, SIDA

• World Summit on the Information Society / Sommet Mondial sur la Société d'Information (WSIS/SMSI)

• Connect Africa Summit, Kigali, Rwanda, 2007/10/29−30 http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/connect/africa/2007/index.html

• DFID (Department for International Development - UK)

• GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit - Germany)

• NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities - US)
• NSF (National Science Foundation - US)

(:cell:) CNRS, LLACAN, NEH, NSF

(:cell:) ADEN, DFID, GTZ, IDRC, USAID

Selected conference events/processes

This is a list of some conferences that relate to African languages and/or ICT in Africa and/or localisation. These include some that are specific to Africa and some that are international in scope including Africa.

Africa

ICT-related conferences

International

• World Summit on the Information Society / Sommet Mondial sur la Société d'Information (WSIS/SMSI)

• African Union/Union Africaine/ União Africana / الإتحاد الأفريقي

• Adobe Systems, Inc.

• Apple, Inc.

(:cell:) ABBYY, Adobe, Apple, Microsoft, Nuance

• Progiciels BPI

(:cell:) Progiciels BPI, TILP

• FUNREDES

(:cell:) FUNREDES

• Nokia Corporation

(:cell:) Canonical, IBM, MultiLingual Computing, Inc., Nokia, Sun Microsystems

(:cell:) OIF, UNESCO (:cell:) CNRS, LLACAN

Organisations that deal with some aspect of software and utilities - production, marketing, regulation - but for which localisation (#3 above) or ICT promotion and policies (#5 above) are not major concerns. (this category definition needs refinement)

Organisations that deal with some aspect of software and utilities - production, marketing, regulation - but for which localisation (#3 above) or ICT promotion and policies (#5 above) are not major concerns. <!-- this category definition needs refinement -->

(:cell:) ABBYY, Microsoft, Nuance

• ABBYY

• Nuance Communications, Inc.

• ISESCO (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)

• UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation)

• ISESCO (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

(:cell:) ISESCO, OIF, United Nations

• Rosetta Project

(:cell:) Rosetta Project, SIL

• Cisco Systems

(:cell:) Cisco Systems

• MultiLingual Computing, Inc.

(:cell:) Canonical, IBM, MultiLingual Computing, Inc., Sun Microsystems

• ALIN-EA (Arid Lands Information Network Eastern Africa)

• ADEA (Association for the Development of Education in Africa)

(:cell:) ADEA, AED, APC, EDC, Geekcorps, IICD, ISOC, Kabissa, OKN, OLPC, GISW

• SANGONeT (Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network)

(:cell:) ACSIS, AfNOG, AfriNIC, ALIN-EA, OSISA, OSIWA, SANGONeT, SchoolNet Africa

• ALIN-EA Arid Lands Information Network Eastern Africa

(:cell:) ACSIS, AfNOG, AfriNIC, ALIN-EA, OSISA, OSIWA, SchoolNet Africa

• OLPC (One Laptop Per Child)

(:cell:) AfLaT, Ge'ez Frontier Foundation, IT+46, LLSTI, OLPC, SIL, Tactictal Tech, WordForge

(:cell:) APC, AED, EDC, Geekcorps, IICD, ISOC, Kabissa, OKN, OLPC, GISW

• Sun Microsystems

(:cell:) Canonical, IBM, Sun Microsystems

• Canonical

• Ge'ez Frontier Foundation

(:cell:) AfLaT, Ge'ez Frontier Foundation, IT+46, LLSTI, Tactictal Tech, WordForge

(:cell:) Canonical, IBM

(:cell:) ALTA

• ALTA (African Language Teachers Association)

(:cell:) ACAL

There are a number of organizations, agencies, institutions, and companies in Africa that are active in areas directly or indirectly related to localisation. Some of these are specific to one or another individual country and listed on the relevant country pages and a list on the Organisations by Country page. Others have a mandate or scope of activity that is not limited to one country, or which spans a region within Africa or the whole continent. This section focuses on these interAfrican and international organisations.

• CLAD (Centre de Linguistique Appliquée de Dakar)

(:cell:) ACALAN, CELHTO, CERDOTOLA, CIDLO, EACROTANAL, CICIBA, CLAD

• EDC (Educational Development Center, Inc.)

(:cell:) APC, AED, EDC, Geekcorps, IICD, ISOC, Kabissa, OKN, GISW

• Geekcorps

(:cell:) APC, AED, Geekcorps, IICD, ISOC, Kabissa, OKN, GISW

• LTRU (Language Tag Registry Update)

• UNECA (United Natione Economic Commission for Africa / Commission Economique pour l'Afrique des Nations Unies)

• IT+46

• Kabissa

• Tactical Technology Collective

(:cell:) AfLaT, IT+46, LLSTI, Tactictal Tech, WordForge

(:cell:) APC, AED, IICD, ISOC, Kabissa, OKN, GISW

• IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)
• IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)

• LTRU (Language Tag Registry Update]]

(:cell:) IANA, ICANN, IEC, IETF, LTRU, MINC, OASIS, W3C

• OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)

• OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)

(:cell:) IANA, ICANN, MINC, OASIS, W3C

• AED (Academy for Educational Development)

(:cell:) APC, AED, IICD, ISOC, OKN, GISW

• APC (Association for Progressive Communications)

(:cell:) APC, IICD, ISOC, OKN, GISW

• BASAL (Basic Standardization of All [unwritten] African Languages)

• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organiztion)

(:cell:) FAO, UNDP, UNESCO, WSIS

International & InterAfrican

Organisations that deal with some aspect of software and utilities - production, marketing, regulation - without reference to localisation (#3 above) or ICT promotion and policies (#5 above)

Various other agencies, organisations, institutions, and companies not mentioned above that work in more than one country, or are regional in scope, may also affect the "localisation ecology" in Africa.

See list of Organisations by Country.

African ICT-related conferences

• ICT Africa 2007 -(2nd NEPAD Council ICT Africa conference) http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org/
• AfNOG-9 / AfriNIC-8 / INET Africa, Rabat, Morocco, 24/5 - 6/6/2008 http://www.afnog.org/2008/announce.html

• IBM (International Business Machines)

• TILP (The Institute of Localisation Professionals)

Localisation & multilingual computing

Organisations, agencies, institutions and companies that are in some ways involved in work in, or promotion of localisation of software and/or content in more than one country.

(:cellnr colspan=6 bgcolor=#cccc99:)Localisation

(:cell:)

(:cell:) Kasahorow, Translate.org.za (:cell:) CTexT, Meraka Institute, UNISA

(:cell:) RIFAL (:cell:) IDRC (:cell:) AfLaT, LLSTI, WordForge (:cell:) LRC, GILC (:cell:) TILP

Languages

Agencies, institutions and organisations that are in some ways involved in work in or study of African languages (or linguistics) in more than one country.

(:cellnr colspan=6 bgcolor=#cccc99:)Language

(:cell:) ACALAN, CELHTO, CERDOTOLA, CIDLO, EACROTANAL, CICIBA

(:cell:) BASAL, CASAS (:cell:) WARC/CROA

(:cell:) UNESCO (:cell:) ACCT, CNRS, LLACAN (:cell:) SIL

ICT: Promotion, policy, projects

Agencies, institutions and organisations that are in some ways involved in work in or promotion of use of ICT in more than one country.

(:cellnr colspan=6 bgcolor=#cccc99:)ICT (policy, ICT4D/E, telecentres, "digital divide" focus)

(:cell:) AISI

(:cell:) ACSIS, AfNOG, AfriNIC, OSISA, OSIWA, SchoolNet Africa (:cell:) IAI

(:cell:) UNDP, UNESCO, WSIS (:cell:) ADEN, DFID, IDRC, USAID (:cell:) IICD, ISOC, OKN, GISW

Other sources for information on entities promoting ICT access/use

• Mike Jensen "African Internet and Telecoms Information" (links) http://www.suvabay.com/
• An older document that still may be of use: Jensen, Mike. 1998. "Summary of International ICT Development Projects in Africa." http://www3.sn.apc.org/africa/projects.htm

Standards

Standards as relate to internationalisation of ICT are dealt with by various bodies.

(:cellnr colspan=6 bgcolor=#cccc99:)Standards

(:cell:) (:cell:)

(:cell:) ISO, ITU

(:cell:) IANA, ICANN, MINC, W3C (:cell:) (:cell:) LISA, Unicode

(:cell:) IBM

• MINC (Multilingual Internet Names Consortium)

(:cell:) IICD, ISOC, OKN, GISW

(:cell:) IANA, ICANN, MINC, W3C

• AfNOG (African Network Operators' Group)

• AfriNIC (African Network Information Centre )

• ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

(:cell:) ACSIS, AfNOG, AfriNIC, OSISA, OSIWA, SchoolNet Africa

(:cell:) ICANN, IICD, ISOC, OKN, GISW

There are a number of organizations, agencies, institutions, and companies in Africa that are active in areas directly or indirectly related to localisation. Some of these are specific to one or another individual country and listed on the relevant country pages and a list on another page. Others have a mandate or scope of activity that is not limited to one country, or which spans a region within Africa or the whole continent. This section focuses on these interAfrican and international organisations.

There are a number of organizations, agencies, institutions, and companies in Africa that are active in areas directly or indirectly related to localisation. Some of these are specific to one or another individual country and listed on the relevant country pages and a list on another page. Others have a mandate or scope of activity that is not limited to one country, or which spans a region within Africa or the whole continent. This section focuses on these interAfrican and international organisations.

The organisations involved in more than one country in Africa are presented first in two lists (interAfrican and international) and then in summary tables according to their focus activities (some organizations are in more than one). There are six:

• Localisation

• Software

Within each topical summary table the organisations are also separated by whether they are African or non-African. This distinction is admittedly sometimes difficult: is a United Nations agency based in Africa international or interAfrican? is a company owned by Africans that has has offices outside of Africa as well as in it, African or international? Nevertheless, the categories are retained since the distinction is clear in most cases and facilitates reference.

• CTexT (Centre for Text Technology, Potchefstroom Campus, North-West University, South Africa

(:cell:) CTexT, Meraka Institute, UNISA

• Meraka Institute (South Africa)

• CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique - France)

• INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales - France)

• LLACAN (Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique Noire)

• Meraka Institute, South Africa

Organisations that deal with some aspect of software and utilities - production, marketing, regulation - without reference to localisation (#7 below) or ICT promotion and policies (#4 above)

Individual African country organisations

Introduction

There are a number of organizations, agencies, institutions, and companies in Africa that are active in areas directly or indirectly related to localisation. Some of these are specific to individual countries and listed on the country pages. Others have a mandate or scope of activity that is not limited to one country, or which spans a region within Africa or the whole continent. This section lists all, and provides links to pages on interAfrican and international organisations.

The organisations are presented first in a list and then in summary tables according to their focus activities (some organizations are in more than one). There are six:

• Languages
• ICT
• Standards
• Software
• Localisation
• Other

In each topical summary table the organisations are also separated by whether they are African (sometimes called "InterAfrican") or non-African. This distinction is admittedly sometimes difficult: is a United Nations agency based in Africa international or interAfrican? is a company owned by Africans that has has offices outside of Africa as well as in it, African or international? Nevertheless, the categories are retained since it facilitates reference and in most cases the distinction is more clear.

List of organisations

African

InterAfrican

• AAUL (Association Africaine des Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres)

• ACSIS (African Civil Society for the Information Society)
• African Union/Union Africaine
• AISI (African Information Society Initiative)
• BASAL
• CASAS (Centre for Advanced Study of African Societies)

• EAC (East African Community)
• EACOSS (East African Centre for Open Source Software)

• ECOWAS/CEDEAO (Economic Community of West African States / Communauté économique des états de l'Afrique de ouest)
• IAI (Institut Africain de l'Informatique)
• Kasahorow
• Lancor
• OKN (Open Knowledge Network)
• OSISA (Open Source Initiative for Southern Africa)
• OSIWA (Open Source Initiative for West Africa)
• SADC (Southern African Development Community)
• SchoolNet Africa
• Translate.org.za
• UNISA (University of South Africa)
• WARC/CROA (West African Research Centre / Centre de Recherche Ouest Africain)

Individual country organisations

• PanSALB (Pan South African Language Board)
• more to come

International

• ADEN (Appui au désenclavement numérique - France)
• AfLaT (African Language Technologies)

• DFID (Department for International Development - United Kingdom)
• GILC (Global Initiative for Local Computing)
• GISW (Global Information Society Watch)
• IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
• IDRC/CRDI (International Development Research Centre / Centre de Recherche sur le Développement International – Canada)
• IICD (International Institute for Communication and Development)
• ISO (International Organisation for Standards)
• ISOC (Internet Society)
• ITU (International Telecommunications Union)
• LISA (Localisation Industry Standards Association)
• LLACAN
• LLSTI (Local Language Speech Technology Initiative)
• LRC (Localisation Research Centre)
• Microsoft
• OIF (Organisation Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie)
• RIFAL (Reseau international francophone d'aménagement linguistique)

• UNDP/PNUD (United Nations Development Programme / Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement)
• UNECA (United Natione Economic Commission for Africa / Commission Economique pour l'Afrique des Nationa Unies)
• UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Culrural Organisation)
• Unicode Consortium
• United Nations/Nations Unies
• USAID (United States Agency for International Development)
• W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
• WordForge
• WSIS/SMSI (World Summit on the Information Society / Sommet Mondial sur la Société d'Information)
• AAUL

Languages

Agencies, institutions and organisations that are in some ways involved in work in or study of African languages (or linguistics) in more than one country.

(:cellnr colspan=6 bgcolor=#cccc99:)Language

(:cell:) ACALAN, CELHTO, CERDOTOLA, CIDLO, EACROTANAL, CICIBA

(:cell:) BASAL, CASAS (:cell:) WARC/CROA

(:cell:) UNESCO (:cell:) ACCT, CNRS, LLACAN (:cell:) SIL

ICT: Promotion, policy, projects

Agencies, institutions and organisations that are in some ways involved in work in or promotion of use of ICT in more than one country.

(:cellnr colspan=6 bgcolor=#cccc99:)ICT (policy, ICT4D/E, telecentres, "digital divide" focus)

(:cell:) AISI

(:cell:) ACSIS, OSISA, OSIWA, SchoolNet Africa (:cell:) IAI

(:cell:) UNDP, UNESCO, WSIS (:cell:) ADEN, DFID, IDRC, USAID (:cell:) IICD, ISOC, OKN, GISW

Other sources for information on entities promoting ICT access/use

• Mike Jensen "African Internet and Telecoms Information" (links) http://www.suvabay.com/
• An older document that still may be of use: Jensen, Mike. 1998. "Summary of International ICT Development Projects in Africa." http://www3.sn.apc.org/africa/projects.htm

Standards

Standards as relate to internationalisation of ICT are dealt with by various bodies.

(:cellnr colspan=6 bgcolor=#cccc99:)Standards

(:cellnr:) External or international (and active in more than one country) (:cell:) ISO, ITU

(:cell:) IANA, W3C

(:cell:) LISA, Unicode

Software

Organisations that deal with some aspect of software and utilities - production, marketing, regulation - without reference to localisation (#5 below) or ICT promotion and policies (#2 above)

(:cell:) AAUL, EACOSS

(:cell:) Lancor

(:cell:) (:cell:) (:cell:) (:cell:) Microsoft

Localisation & multilingual computing

Organisations, agencies, institutions and companies that are in some ways involved in work in, or promotion of localisation of software and/or content in more than one country.

Summary table

(:cellnr colspan=6 bgcolor=#cccc99:)Localisation

(:cell:) (see individual country profiles) (:cell:) Kasahorow, Translate.org.za (:cell:) UNISA

(:cell:) RIFAL (:cell:) IDRC (:cell:) AfLaT, LLSTI, WordForge (:cell:) LRC, GILC

Other

Various other agencies, organisations, institutions, and companies not mentioned above that work in more than one country, or are regional in scope, may also affect the "localisation ecology" in Africa.

Summary table

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African IT Conferences

• .ICT Africa 2007 -(2nd NEPAD Council ICT Africa conference) http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org/

(:cell:) ACSIS, OSISA, OSIWA, SchoolNet Africa

(:cell:) LISA, Unicode

(:cell:) LISA, Unicode]]

• Unicode Consortium

(:cell:) Industry

(:cell:) Industry

(:cell:) Industry

(:cell:) IANA, W3C

(:cell:) LISA, Unicode

• IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
• ISO (International Organisation for Standards)
• ITU (International Telecommunications Union)
• LISA (Localisation Industry Standards Association)
• Unicode
• W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)

(:cell:) Industry

Localisation & multilingual computing

(:cell:) Industry

(:cell:) Industry

• .IDRC/CRDI (International Develipment Research Centre)

• OSIWA (Open Source Initiative for West Africa)

(:cell:) IICD, ISOC, OKN, GISW

• African
  • ACSIS (African Civil Society for the Information Society)
  • OSISA (Open Source Initiative for Southern Africa)

• SchoolNet Africa

• International
  • GISW (Global Information Society Watch)
  • IICD (International Institute for Communication and Development)
  • ISOC (Internet Society)
  • OKN (Open Knowledge Network)

• UNESCO

• .UNESCO

• .UNESCO

Intergovernmental (interAfrican)

Intergovernmental (international)

• UNESCO

Intergovernmental (interAfrican)

Intergovernmental (international)

• UNDP
• UNESCO
• WSIS

(:cell:) UNISA

• UNISA

(:cell:) LRC, GILC

• GILC (Global Initiative for Local Computing)

• LRC (Localisation Research Centre)

Various other agencies, organisations, institutions, and companies not mentioned above that work in more than one country, or are regional in scope, may also affect the "localisation ecology" in Africa.

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• ACALAN

• EAC (East African Community)

(:cell:) ACCT, CNRS, LLACAN

Foreign governmental

• ACCT
• CNRS
• LLACAN

< Countries | L10n Profiles | L10n Resources >

< 12.3 Countries | Survey Document | 12.5 Localisation Resources >

(:cell:) ACSIS, , OSIWA, SchoolNet Africa

• OSISA (Open Source Initiative for Southern Africa)

Other resources

Other sources for information on entities promoting ICT access/use

• Mike Jensen "African Internet and Telecoms Information" (links) http://www.suvabay.com/
• An older document that still may be of use: Jensen, Mike. 1998. "Summary of International ICT Development Projects in Africa." http://www3.sn.apc.org/africa/projects.htm

Various other agencies, organisations, institutions, and companies not mentioned above that work in more than one country, or are regional in scope, may also affect the "[[localisation ecology}" in Africa.

(:cell:) African Union, EAC, ECOWAS/CEDEAO, SADC, UNECA

(:cell:) United Nations, OIF

African

• PanAfrican
  • African Union
  • UNECA (United Natione Economic Commission for Africa)
• Regional
  • [EAC]] (East African Community)
  • ECOWAS/CEDEAO (Economic Community of West African States / Communauté économique des états de l'Afrique de ouest)
  • SADC (Southern African Development Community)

International

• United Nations
• OIF (Organisation Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie)

(:cell:) f2

(:cell:) f3

• IDRC (International Development Research Centre - Canada)

Under each heading there is a summary table in which the organisations are also separated by whether they are African (sometimes called "InterAfrican") or non-African. This distinction is admittedly sometimes difficult: is a United Nations agency based in Africa international or interAfrican? is a company owned by Africans that has has offices outside of Africa as well as in it, African or international? Nevertheless, the categories are retained since it facilitates reference and in most cases the distinction is more clear.

(:cell:) WARC/CROA

• WARC/CROA (West African Research Centre / Centre de Recherche Ouest Africain)

Summary table

Lists by category

Intergovernmental

Non-governmental

Academic

Summary table

Lists by category

Conferences & conference organisations

FOSS groups

Intergovernmental

Foreign governmental

Non-governmental

Research and Academic

Summary table

(:cell:) ISO, ITU

(:cell:) IANA, Unicode, W3C

Lists by category

Summary table

Lists by category

Summary table

(:cell:) AfLaT, LLSTI

Lists by category

African & active in more than one country

External & active in more than one country

• AfLaT (African Language Technologies)
• IDRC/CRDI (International Develipment Research Centre)
• LLSTI (Local Language Speech Technology Initiative)
• RIFAL (Reseau international francophone d'aménagement linguistique)

Summary table

Lists by category

Organisations, agencies, institutions & companies

There are a number of organizations, agencies, institutions, and companies in Africa that are active in areas directly or indirectly related to localisation, and that have a mandate or scope of activity that is not limited to one country, or which spans a region within Africa or the whole continent. This section is intended to provide an overview of these (organisations working in only one African country will be listed in that country's profile.

1. Software

The organisations are also separated by whether they are African (sometimes called "" "InterAfrican") or non-African, in order to facilitate reference. This disctinction is admittedly sometimes difficult: is a United Nations agency based in Africa international or interAfrican? is a company owned by Africans that has has offices outside of Africa as well as in it, African or international? Nevertheless, the categories are retained since most cases are more clear.

ICT: Promotion, policy, projects

(:cell:) ACSIS, OSIWA, SchoolNet Africa

(:cell:) IICD, ISOC, OKN

Standards as relate to internationalisation of ICT are dealt with by various bodies.

(:cell:) IANA, ISO, Unicode, W3C

Software

Organisations that deal with some aspect of software and utilities - production, marketing, regulation - without reference to localisation (#5 below) or ICT promotion and policies (#2 above)

(:cell:) AAUL, EACOSS

(:cell:) Lancor

(:cell:) Microsoft

Localisation

Organisations, agencies, institutions and companies that are in some ways involved in work in, or promotion of localisation of software and/or content in more than one country.

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(:cell:) Kasahorow, Translate.org.za

(:cell:) RIFAL (:cell:) IDRC (:cell:) LLSTI

African & active in more than one country

• Translate.org.za
• Kasahorow

External & active in more than one country

• IDRC
• LLSTI
• RIFAL

Other

Various other agencies, organisations, institutions, and companies that work in more than one country or are regional in scope may also affect the "[[localisation ecology}" in Africa.

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There are a number of agencies, institutions, organizations, and companies in Africa that are active in areas directly or indirectly related to localisation, and that have a mandate or scope of activity that is not limited to one country, or which spans a region within Africa or the whole continent. This section is intended to provide an overview of these (organisations working in only one African country will be listed in that country's profile.

The organisations are presented under five headings (some organisations may be listed under more than one heading):

The organisations are also separated by whether they are African (sometimes called InterAfrican) or non-African, in order to facilitate reference.

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(:cell:) UNDP, UNESCO, WSIS

There are a number of agencies, institutions, organizations, and companies in Africa that are active in areas directly or indirectly related to localisation, and that have a mandate or scope of activity that is not limited to one country, or which spans a region within Africa or the whole continent. This section is intended to provide an overview of thise. The organizations are presented under five headings (some organisations may be listed under more than one heading):

Agencies, institutions and organisations that are in some ways involved in work in or study of African languages (or linguistics) in more than one country.

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Agencies, institutions and organisations that are in some ways involved in work in or promotion of use of ICT in more than one country.

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(:cell:) AISI

(:cell:) ACSIS, AAUL, EACOSS, OSIWA, SchoolNet Africa (:cell:) IAI

(:cell:) ADEN, DFID, IDRC, USAID (:cell:) IICD, OKN

Conferences & conference organisations

• ICT Africa 2007 (2nd NEPAD Council ICT Africa conference)

FOSS groups

• AAUL (Association Africaine des Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres)
• EACOSS (East African Centre for Open Source Software)

Intergovernmental

• AISI (African Information Society Initiative)

Foreign governmental

• Donors
  • ADEN (Appui au désenclavement numérique - France)
  • DFID (Department for International Development - United Kingdom)
  • IDRC (International Development Research Centre - Canada)
  • USAID (United States Agency for International Development)
• Research

Non-governmental

(This concerns ICT; see above for non-governmental organisations focusing on language.)

• ACSIS (African Civil Society for the Information Society)
• IICD (International Institute for Communication and Development)
• OSIWA (Open Source Initiative for West Africa)
• SchoolNet Africa

Research and Academic

• IAI (Institut Africain de l'Informatique)

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This section includes reference to various agencies, organisations, institutions, and companies that are active in areas directly or indirectly related to localisation. These are presented under five headings (some organisations may be listed under more than one heading):

1. Languages
2. ICT
3. Standards
4. Localisation
5. Other

Languages

Various other agencies, organisations, institutions, and companies that work in more than one country or are regional in scope may also affect the "[[localisation ecology}" in Africa.

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Agencies, organisations, institutions & companies

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Language

Agencies, institutions and organisations that are in some ways involved in work or study of African languages (or linguistics) in more than one country.

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Intergovernmental

• ACALAN (Académie Africaine des Langues / African Academy of Languages)
• CELHTO (Centre d'études linguistiques et historiques par tradition orale)
• CERDOTOLA (Centre régional de recherche et de documentation sur les traditions orales et pour le développement des langues africaines)
• CICIBA (Centre Internationale des Civilisations Bantu)
• CIDLO (Centre d'investigation et de documentation sur l'oralité)
• EACROTANAL (Eastern African Centre for Research on Oral Traditions and African National Languages)

Non-governmental

• BASAL
• CASAS (Centre for Advanced Study of African Societies)
• SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics / Société Internationale de Linguistique)

Academic

• WARC/CROA (West African Research Centre / Centre de Recherche Ouest Africain)

ICT

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Standards

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Localisation

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Other

Various other agencies, organisations

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